What is the name of the theater where most of Shakespeare's plays were seen?
The Globe Theatre
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What was Macbeth's plan to murder Duncan?
To drug the guards and take their daggers. Use the daggers to kill Duncan while he is asleep. Return the daggers to the guards and smear Duncan's blood on them to make it look like they killed him.
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In Act I Macbeth is referred to as a what?
A brave soldier.
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Banquo is murdered in what Act?
Three
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How does Macbeth die?
Dies fighting Macduff.
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Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's tragedies. Name two other tragedies Shakespeare wrote.
Possible Answers: Hamlet Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, King Lear, Othello, Timon of Athens, Titus Andronicus
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Who first discovers Duncan's murder?
Macduff
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What is the name of Banquo's son?
Fleance
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In which Act does Macbeth start having hallucinations?
Two
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Many soliloquies appear throughout this play. What is a soliloquy?
A character who talks to himself/herself or thoughts that no other character is supposed to hear.
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In what era was Macbeth written?
The Elizabethan Age
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What new character appears in Act III? What does she plan on doing to Macbeth?
Hecate. She plans on punishing him for his overconfidence.
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Which character is referred to as "ruthless" in Act I?
Lady Macbeth
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In which Act does Macbeth confront the witches a second time?
Four
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Why does Macduff go to England?
To gather troops against Macbeth.
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How many tragedies did Shakespeare write?
Ten
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When three Apparitions appear in Act IV, what prophesies do they make?
They told make beware Macduff, no man woman born shall harm Macbeth, and the Great Birnam Wood shall rise against him.
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What are the names of Duncan's sons? Where did they decide to go at the end of Act II?
Donalbain went to Ireland and Malcolm went to England
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Hecate appears in what Act?
Three
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The murder of Macduff's family differs from Macbeths other murders. Why?
It was not out of ambition. It was out of fury and frustration.
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What was the name of Shakespeare's acting company?
The Lord Chamberlain's Company
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What does Macbeth tell Seyton that he regrets?
He will never know the joys of old age.
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What character said, "Nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it. He died As one that had been studied in his death To throw away the dearest thing he owed, As 'twere a careless trifle."
Malcolm
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Macduff becomes determined to destroy Macbeth in which Act?
Four
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In Act IV what does Lady Macbeth carry with her as she sleepwalks?